A mum has described a sound "like a bomb going off" as an Audi A3 car smashed into her Derby home this morning.

The incident happened in Stenson Road at about 4.10am after the vehicle was involved in a high-speed police chase.

Marie Brumby, 43, her partner Kevin Fletcher, 54, were woken by the sound of an “explosion” when the car careered through their front garden wall and crashed into the family car which then hit their house.

Miss Brumby said: “There was a massive screech and an explosion, like a bomb going off.

The Audi A3 smashed into a wall and parked car on Stenson Road during a high-speed police chase. (Image: DerbyshireRPU)

“That’s when the car must have hit the wall and mounted our car. I saw someone running off towards Breedon Avenue and noticed the police car heading the other way.

“The car was smoking, I was frightened to go outside because I was worried about it exploding.”

Derbyshire police’s armed response unit said the vehicle failed to stop when officers spotted it was driving with false number plates.

The damage caused to the car.

Following a pursuit, the car smashed into the wall and mounted the couple’s Renault Clio that was parked on the driveway.

Miss Brumby and Mr Fletcher, who have lived in Stenson Road for nine years with their children, Tasha, 21, Sammy, 18 and Klara, six, say they will now have to pay out hundreds of pounds on their car and house insurance to have the damage repaired.

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“A 20-year-old man from Derby was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and is still in custody now. Enquiries are ongoing to locate another occupant of the vehicle, who fled the scene. There were no injuries but extensive damage was caused to the Audi, a wall and the Clio it crashed into.”